Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Cyclone Raja/archive1

TFA blurb review
Cyclone Raja was a severe tropical cyclone that spawned in the South Pacific in December 1986. It holds the 24-hour rainfall record of 674.9 mm for the French Overseas Territory of Wallis and Futuna. After it was named on 23 December, it unexpectedly headed southeast toward Futuna. The system peaked at Category 3 on 28 December, with sustained winds of around 150 km/h (90 mph). It turned southwest the next day, toward Fiji and several smaller islands in the Lau group. The storm dissipated on 5 January over the north Tasman Sea. Raja caused two deaths as it impacted the island nations of Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Tonga and Fiji. Gusty winds and rough seas caused extensive damage to crops, coastal installations and buildings in Tuvalu, and greater destruction in Futuna. Raja was responsible for the worst flood of the Labasa River in Fiji since 1929. The name Raja was later retired from the South Pacific naming lists.

Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 02:31, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * A severe tropical storm is a very specific term referring to TC's with winds of 50 - 60 kts in basins which Raja wasn't in. I would prefer it if we could just call it what it was a Severe Tropical Cyclone. It's a shame that we can't use a line like Severe Tropical Cyclone Raja was a tropical cyclone that existed during the Christmas and New Year period of 1986-87.Jason Rees (talk) 17:30, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I meant "severe tropical cyclone" and wrote "storm" for some reason ... though for all I know, severe tropical cyclone may also be wrong! Does that link work? - Dank (push to talk) 17:34, 13 May 2019 (UTC) Actually the link probably does work, since we're already using it above! - Dank (push to talk) 17:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC)